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HAT CROWN POUNGING MACHINE.

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CHARLES M. SNELL, OF DANBURY, CONNECTICU".

HAT-CROWN-POUNCING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters :Pa/tent NO. 569,890, dated October 20, 1896.

Application filed July 3, 1895. Serial No. 554,790. (No model.)

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Be it known that l, CHARLES M. SNELL, a citizen of the United States, residingat Danbury, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-CrownfPouncing Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to Which it appert-ains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to produce a hat-pouncing machine adapted for use as a croWn-pouncin g machine, which Will pounce the crown of every hat uniformly and which will furthermore render the use of a hatblock unnecessary in pounciug stiff hats. It is Well understood by those familiar with the art of manufacturing hats that there is need of a machine which Will pounce all hats alike and all portions of the same hat evenly. By that l mean that thecrowns shall be pounced no more at the quarters, the ends, or the sides than they are at any other portion of the surface. This result, so far as I am aware, has never been accomplished, it being an inherent feature in the construction of every hat-pouncing machine known to the trade that the pressure of the pouncing-pad upon certain portions of the crown shall be much greater than at other portions thereof. It has furthermore been essential to the operativeness of all crown-pouncing machines heretofore produced that the hat crown should be supported by a solid block which was required to fit the crown of the hat closely. This likewise has been a serious objection, as it is practically impossible to make blocks that will 'fit the crowns of all hats perfectly, which of course in use permits the hat-crown to yield slightly to the spring pressure of the pouncing-pad Where the block does not till it out, and, on the other hand, will cause the full pressure of the spring pouncing-pad to act upon the hat at thosey places where the crownis held out rigidly by the block, thereby rendering it impossible to pouuce the crowns of dilerent hats uniformly and to pounce all portions of the same crown uniformly. These objections are Wholly overcome by my novel pouncing-machine, in which the pouncing-pad is supported Wholly independently of the hat-crown, so that the use of a close-fitting rigid hat-block is rendered unnecessary in stiff hats` and the pouncing-pad is furthermore caused to bea-r with practical uniformity on all portions of the crown and to produce quite as much pouncing action at one portion of the crown as it does at any other portion thereof.

In order to overcome the objections stated and to produce a pouncing-maehine that Will not only pounce different hat-crowns uniformly, but Will pounce all portions of the same crowns uniformly, I have devised the novel construction of which the following` description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification numbers and letters being used to designate the several parts.

Figure l is a plan view of the machine coniplete; Fig. 2, a front elevation thereof; Fig. 3, an end elevation as seen from the right in Figs. 1 and 2; Fig. 4, an end elevation as seen from the left in Figs. 1 and 2; Fig. 5, a section on the line as m in Figs. 1 and 2; Fig. G, a detail perspective of the base of one of the guides; Fig. 7, a detail perspective of one of the slides; and Fig. 8 is a perspective on an enlarged scale and partially in section on the line 'y y in Fig. 1 illustrating the construction of the pouncing-pad and the arm by which it is carried.

1 denotes the bed of the machine, 2 legs by which it is supported, and 3 the main shaft, which is journaled in the bed and to which power is applied by a belt (not shown) running overa belt-pulley 4. This belt-pulley runs loose on the shaft and is connected thereto by means of a clutch 5, operated by means of a clutch-lever 6, as will presently be more fully explained.

7 denotes a bevel-gear on shaft 3, Which meshes with a bevel-gear 8 on a vertical shaft 9, which carries the hat to be operated upon, as will be more fully explained.

10 denotes a belt-pulley on shaft 3, from which a belt 1l passes over a pulley 12 on a shaft 13, journaled above the bed.

li denotes another belt-pulley on shaft 3, from. which a belt extends over a pulley 16 on a stud 17, fixed in a bracket 18, proj ecting upward from the bed at the right end of the machine, as seen in Fig. 1. At the IOO left end of the machine vis a similar bracket 19, in which is iiXed a stud 20, similar to stud 17. Upon each of these studs is journaled a Agearwheel 2l, each gear-wheel being provided on the face of its hub with a clutch member 22. Each stud has also journaled on it and extending outward therefrom an arm 24, having at. its outer end a slot 25. (See Fig. 4.) Each arm also carries a case 26, having within it a spring-actuated latch 27. 2S denotes levers pivoted to the arms, the opposite ends of which are connected in any suitable manner to the spring actuated latches, so that by pressing outward on these levers the operator may withdraw the latches from theiroperative position. The springs act to retain the latches in engagement with the clutch members, in which position they remain until retracted by pressure upon the levers, the normal position of the springlatehes being clearly shown in Fig. 1.

A denotes the pouncing-pad, and B the carrier therefor, which is itself adapted to reciprocate in ways 30 on a bar 29, the respective ends of which engage the slots 25 at the outer ends of the arms 24.

31 denotes springs lying in `slots 25, the ends of which'bear, respectively, against the outer wall of the slot and against bar 29, which they hold inward in operative position, as will be more fully explained. Bar 29, and with it the carrier and pouncing-pad, is carried upward and over the hat to be pounced from the position shown in full lines in Fig. 4 to approximately the position shown in dotted lines in said figure by oscillation of arms 24 on studs 17 and 20. This movement is caused by the engagement of pinions 32 on shaft 13 with pinions 33, which turn on studs 34, said pinions having concentrically secured thereto smaller pinions 35, which mesh with gear-wheels 21, so that as soon as the machine is put in operation, as will presently be explained, spring-actuated latches 27, being in engagement with clutch members 22, motion will be communicated to arms 24 and said arms will carry bar 29, and with it the pouncingpad, upward and over the hatcrown, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 4.

The special construction of the pouncingpad carrier and the attachment thereto of the pouncing-pad will be clearly understood from Fig. 8. The special construction of the pad itself is not of the essence of my invention. l ordinarily use a pad consisting of a body 36, which is covered with felt or other yielding material, (denoted by 37,) and over this I place a strip of sandpaper or other pouncing material, (denoted by 33,) which is secured to the body by a suitable clamp 39. The body may be made of one or two pieces, as preferred. I have shown it as made of two pieces, which are secured together by screws 40. This body is secured to a holder 41 by means of screws 42, one onlybeing shown. The carrier is provided at its lower edge and on the inner side with a 4flange 43, and the holder is provided with sockets 44, in which I place springs 45, which bear upon the flange and the action of which is to lift the holder and pouncing-pad upward relatively to the carrier, the holder lying Within the carrier, but having no movement relatively to the carrier except vertical movement, and the carrier itself lying in an opening 29d in the bar. The pressure of the pad upon the hat-bod y is regulated by a set-screw 4G, carried by a crosspiece 47 in the carrier and bearing upon a block 43 in the holder. Upon the outer side of the carrier are ribs 49, which lie in ways 30 on bar 29. These ways are shown as formed in strips 50, which are secured to the bar, as clearly shown in Fig. 8.

The pouncing-pad is reciprocated by means of a rod 51, the outer end of which is provided with branchesl 52, which engage pins 53 upon the carrier.. This rod passes through a holder 54 on the bar, and the outer end thereof is'engaged by one arm of a bell-crank lever 55, itself pivoted to the right arm 24. The other arm of the bell-crank leveris loosely connected to a slide 56, which moves in guides 57 on said arm 24 and carries a stud 5S, on which one end of a crank-arm 59 is pivoted, the other end of said crank-arm being pivoted on belt-pulley 16 on stud 17. It will thus be seen thatrotation of pulley 16 will reciprocate slide 56, and the latter will oscillate the belLcrank lever, which in turn will reciprocate rod 51 and the pouncing-pad. The hat to be operated upon, which l have designated by C, is carried by vertical shaft 9. The upper end ofthis shaft is shown as provided with the usual angular head 60 to receive an ordinary hat-block, which would of course be necessary in pouncing soft hats. In pouncing stiff hats, however, l preferably dispense with the use ofv an ordinary hat-block and retain the hat in position by means of an expanding hatholder, which as a whole is designated by D. This expanding hat-holder consists, essentially, of radially-movable slides 6l, each slide carrying at its outer end a section of an oval flange 62, which in use engages the inner side of the hat-body at the band. These slides are provided with openin gs 63, which receive heads 64 on bell-crank lever 65, the other arms of said levers being pivoted to a hub 66, which is keyed to shaft 9, so as to rotate therewith, but is free to move vertically independently of the shaft. The angles of the bellcrank levers are fulcrumed on brackets 67, extending downward from a plate 68, upon which the hat-brim rests and which is also rigidly secured to and rotates with shaft 9.

Hub 66 is raised or lowered on the shaft to .move the slides in or out, as in grasping or releasing a hat, by means of a lever 69, the inner end of which is bifurcated, the arms 70 thereof being provided on their inner sides with pins 71, which engage a groove 72 in the hub. Lever 69 is pivoted to a bracket 73, extending upward from the bed, which also carries an arc-shaped rack 74.

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'75 denotes a latch carried by lever 69 and operated by a hand-lever 76, which engages the rack to lock lever 69 at either extreme of its movement, that is, to lock the hat-holder at either the holding or the retracted position.

I have not deemed it necessary to illustrate and describe the hat-holder and its operating mechanism in det-ail, as, specifically, it forms no portion of my present invention. Any ordinary or preferred device for carrying the hat may be substituted in lieu of the holder shown.

As already stated, belt-pulley 4 runs loose on the main shaft and motion is communicated from said pulley to the machine by means of a clutch 5, the sliding member of which is operated by a clutch-lever 0. This clutch-lever is fulcrumed on a bracket 77, (see Fig. 2,) and the upper end thereof is pivoted to a link 78, the opposite end of said link being connected to a bell-crank lever 79, (see Fig. 1,) which is shown as pivoted on the bed. The other arm of the bell-crank lever is engaged. by an operating-lever S0,

fulcrumed on a bracket- 81, which extends upward from the bed and carries an arcshaped rack 82, which is engaged by a pawl S3, carried by the lever to lock the clutch in either the engaged or disengaged position. To stop or start the machine, therefore, it is simply necessary to move the operating-lever in the direction required.

In. use the position of bar 29, and consequently oi' the pouncing-pad relatively to the hat-crown that is being operated upon is determined by pairs ot' guides upon which the bar rests alternately, these guides being accurately shaped to correspond to certain portions of the contour of the hat-crown and being changei each time the style of hat is changed. Either two or three pairs of guides may be used, as will be more fully explained. In use the bar is retained in contact with one or the other ot' the pairs of guides by means of springs 3l in arms 24:, so that the pad is at all times reciprocating in a plane tangential to the portion of the surface of the hat-crown that is being operated upon.

It is of course well understood that in nearly every style of stiff hat that is placed upon the market the crown is fuller at the sides than at the ends. I will therefore rst describe an adjustment to pounce hats having crowns fuller at the sides than at the ends, such an adjustment requiring three pairs of guides.

The two outer guides, which act together and upon which the bar rests while the back of the hat is being pounced, are designated by Si. The inner guides, which also operate together and upon which the bar rests while the front of the hat is being pounced, are designated by S5, and the intermediate guides, which also operate together and upon which the bar rests while the sides of the hat are being pounced, are designated by 86. The

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which the guides lie while the bar is resting thereon, these grooves rendering any lateral movement of the bar impossible. The two guides in each pair are placed on opposite sides of the hat-holder, as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The three guides on' each side of the machine are carried by a slide S7, there being` one slide on each side of the machine and said slides being rigidly connected by a bar 8S. In adjusting to different sizes of the saine style of hat slides S7 are movable in blocks 89, themselves rigidly secured to the bed. The adjustment to sizes may be effected in any convenient manner. In the present instance I haveshown an adj usting-screw 91, which passes through bar S8, the outer end of this screw being provided with a hand-wheel 92 for convenience in adjustment, and the inner end of the screw engaging a stump 93, projecting upward from the bed. The screw turns freely in the stump, but the thread thereof does not engage the stump. It follows, therefore, that rotation of the screw Will move the bar and slides 87 in or out, as may be required. In order that accurate adjustment to sizes may be etlected without loss of time, I provide a finger 94, (see Fig. 5,) which is secured to the stump and rests upon the top of the bar, a suitable scale (not shown) being provided on the bar, with which the nger registers to indicate the sizes of hats in makingl the adjustment. Each of the guides is detachably secured in a slide 95, which is itself adapted for adjustment in the slide 87 by which it is carried, each slide ST being provided with three undercut ways to receive the slides 05, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The guides may be attached to slides 95 in any suitable manner. I have shown each guide as provided with a base 96 and a lug 97, which engage sockets 9S in slides 95, the forward end of each socket being undercut to receive the lug 97, and the base just dropping down into the socket, in which it is secured by aset-screw 99, which passes through the hase and engages the slide.` Each slide 95 is provided in one side with an undercut way 100, which receives the head 101 ot' a bolt 102.

103 denotes a sleeve which slides over each bolt.

104 denotes a conn ectin g-rod having an eye 105, which slides over the sleeve, and 106 a nut, which may be a thumb-n ut, as in Fig. 7, which engages the threaded end oi the bolt and bears against the outer end of the sleeve, and consequently clamps the inner end of the sleeve against the outer side of the slide and the head of the bolt against the face of the way, thus locking the bolt and connectingrod to the slide, the latter being free to oscillate on the sleeve.

The connecting-rods 107i, which operate the two outer slides Si and the two inner slides 85, are provided with straps 107 ,which inclose eccentrics 108 on shaft 13, so that rotation of said shaft will produce a forward and backwardmovement of each ot the slides,

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It will of course be understood that cranks, cams, or any preferred mechanism may be substituted in lieu of the eccentrics for thc purpose of reciprocating the guides.

As already stated, shafts 9 and 13 rotate at the same rate of speed and guides 811 and S5 make one complete reciprocation, that is, one movement in each direction during each rotation of the shaft. The guides 8G make four reciprocations during the time that the other guides are making one reciprocation. This movement may be produced from shaft 13 in any ordinary or preferred manner. I have shown the connecting-rods 10i, which operate in connection with guides 86, as passing through holders 109 and as provided at their inner en'ds with pins llO, said pins being in practice preferably provided with rollers which engage cam-grooves 111 (see Fig. 3, also dotted lines in Fig. 1) in the face of disks 112, carried by shaft 13, the parts, as already stated, being so timed as to produce four complete reciprocations of the connecting-rods operating in connection with guides 86 during the time in which the Connecting-rods .operatingr in connection with guides 84: and

85 are making one reciprocation.

The operation is as follows: In the drawings the parts are shown in what I preferably make the starting position. The back of the hat is toward the front of' the machine, guides 'S4 are at their extreme position toward the front, and the bar resting thereon, and guides S5 and 86 are at their extreme positions toward the back, the parts having been previously adjusted so that the pouncing-pad will just touch the surface of the hat, springs 3l acting to hold the bar in contact with the guides. As soon as the machine is started in the manner already described shaft 9, carrying the hat-body, will commence to rotate, reciprocatory movement will be imparted to the pouncing-pad, the arms 24, which carry the4 bar, will commence to travel upward toward the crown of the hat, guides 84 will commence to move backward, and guides 85 and 86 will commence to move toward the front. The contour of guides S4 is such that the pouncingpad will remain justin contact with the surface of the hat-body until the hatbod y has made an eighth-turn from the starting-point, that is, until what is technically termed the first quarter of the hat-body is in position to be acted upon by the pouncingpad. For convenience in description I have in Fig. 1 indicated the direction of rotation of the hat-body by an arrow and have indicated the portion of the hat technically known as the first quarter by d, the portion known as the second quarter by o, the third quarter by c, and the fourth quarter by d. Care must be taken, furthermore, to distinguish between the quarters of the hat-body and the quarter-rotations of the hat-body. It is preferable to so adjust the machine as to make either the front or back of the hat-body the starting-point. In the present instance the back of the hat has been made the starting-point. Consequently the first quarter of the hat-body will be reached when the hatbody has made one-eighth of a rotation from the starting-point, and a second quarter of a hat-body will be reached when the hat-body has made three-eighths of a rotation. At the instant the first quarter is in position to be operated upon guides S6 will have reached the extreme of their movement toward the front and the bar will pass from guides Si and will rest upon guides 86, guides S6 commencing instantly to move backward again. The contour of guides 8G is such that the pouncing-pad will remain just in contact with the surface of the hat-body until the second quarter is in position to be operated upon, that is, until three-eighths of a rotation is completed. As already stated, guides 8G commence to move backward at the instant the bar carrying the pouneing-pad passes onto them at the first quarter. From the position at the first quarter the guides 86 will move backward until the side of the hat is in position to be operated upon, that is, a quan ter-turn of the hat-body from the startingpoint, and will then commence to move forward again, still retaining the bar, their contour being such as to retain the pouncing-pad just in contact with the surface of the hatbody from the side, that is, the quarter-turn, until the second quarter of the hat-body is in position to be operated upon, that is, until three-eighths of a rotation is completed. During this time guides SG will have made the last half of the first reciprocation and the first half of the second reci procation. At the second quarter the bar carrying the pouncingpad passes from guides 8G onto guides 85, which have now accomplished three-fourths of their movement toward the front, said guides 85 still moving forward and being at the extreme of their movement toward the front at the instant the half-rotation of the hat-body is completed and then moving backA ward again until when the third quarter of the hat-body is in position to be operated upon, that is, when iive-eighths of a rotation has been completed the bar will pass olf from guides 85 and upon guides 86 again. Y/Vhile the bar has been supported by guides 85 guides S6 will have made the last half of the second reciprocation and the first half of the third reciprocation, which, howeveigwill have had no effect on the bar, as the latter will have been supported by guides 85. At the instant, however, that the third quarter of the hatbody is in position to be operated upon the bar will pass olf from guides 85 and will again pass onto guides 86 and the second side of the hat will be pounced while the bar is resting on guides 86 in the same manner that the first side was pounced. During this time guides 86 will have made the last half of the third reciprocation and the first half of the fourth reciprocation. At the instant the fourth quarter of the hat-body is in position to be IOO IIC)

operated upon, that is, when seven-eighths' -of a rotation has been completed, the bar will again pass from guides 8G onto guides 84, which will have accomplished three-fourths ot their movement toward the front. At the instant of the completion of the rotation of shafts 9 and 13 all of the guides will be at the starting position, that is to say, guides S4 will be at their extreme position toward the front and the bar will be resting thereon and guides S5 and S6 will be at their extreme positions toward the back.

It will of course be apparent that during each rotation ot the hat-body the above-described operations will be gone through with, it heilig whollyimmaterial so far as the operation of the machine is concerned just how the movement of arms 24 is timed relatively to the rotation of shafts 9 and 13. By that I mean just how many times the hat-body is carried around during the operation of pouncing a hat. As a matter of fact the number of rotations necessary to pounee abat depends upon the quality of the hat and the condition it was in at the time the pouncing operation commenced. For example, four or ve rotations of shafts 9 and 13 will ordinarily be quite suiiicient to ponnce a hat. In the present instance the machine is so timed that shafts 9 and i3 will make tive rotations while arms 2i are passing from the position shown in full lines in Fig. 4 to approximately the position shown in dotted lines in said iigure. At the completion of the pouncing ot' each hat the machine is stopped automatically by the engagement of bar 29 with operating-lever 80, as will be clearly understood from Fig. Li in connection with Figs. 1 and 2. As soon as the bar comes in contact with lever S0 said lever is moved backward, dragging pawl S3 over the surface of rack 82. This movement of the operating-lever oscillates bell-crank lever 79 and by means of link 7S and clutch-lever 6 disengages the members of clutch 5, thereby disconnecting belt-pulley 4 and the main shaft, so that the machine will stop instantly. The operator disengages arms 2l from clutch members by means of levers 28 and latches 27 and moves arms lli and bar 29 from approxi mately the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. i to the position shown in full lines in said figure, 2'.. e., the starting position. Upon. removing his hands from levers 2S the spring-actuated latches 27 will instantly engage clutch members 22 again, and the machine will be ready to be started by means of operating-lever SO as soon as the pounced hat has been removed and another hat placed in position to be operated upon. To release the pounced hat, the operatordisengages latch 7 5 from rack 7i and oscillates lever 69, moving hub 6G downward on shaft 9 and moving the parts of hat-holder D from the holding to the retracted position. Of course where a hat-block is used instead of a hat-holder no operation of lever 69 and the accompanying parts is required. These parts may be removed from the machine or simply allowed to remain out of operation. It is of -course necessary to use a block in pouncing soft hats; but, as already stated, it is not neeessary with my novel machine to use a block in pouncing stiff hats.

In use all oi' the hats of a certain size are pounced before achange is made. In changing from one size of hats to another the operator simply adjusts to the proper size by means of ad justing-screw 91, engaging bar S8, which connects slides 87', thus adjusting all of the slides 95 simultaneously and with a single movement. In changing to another style of hat, however, set-screws 99 are taken out, the guides are removed from slides 95, and new guides are placed in position in said slides. Slides S7 are adjusted to the size of hat to be iirst operated upon by means of adjusting-screw 91. Then, the parts being in the starting position, all of the thumb-nuts 106 are loosen ed and the pairs ot guides Si, S5, and S6 are independently adjusted. Either of the pairs of guides may be adj usted rst. Suppose, for insta-nce, that guides S4, which control the pad while the bach of the hat is being pounced, are first adjusted. Arms A and bar 29 are placed in the position in Figs. 1 and 2, and when the pad is resting upon the hat with the desired pressure the corresponding thumb-nuts 10G are tightened up to lock the parts in that position. Suppose that guides S6, which control the position of the pad when the sides of the hat are being pounced, are adjusted next. This is accomplished by giving to shaft E) an eighth-turn, which will place the iirst quarter of the hatbody in position to be operated upon, this being the instant at which bar 29 will pass off from guides Si and rest upon guides S6. In this position of the parts, the pad resting upon the hat with the desired pressure, bolts 102 being of course free to slide in the undercut ways 100, the thumb-nuts 10G upon the slides 95, carrying the guides S6, are tightened up to lock the parts in position. Shaft 9 is then given a quarter-turn, that is, a three-eighths turn from the starting-point, which will be a position at which the second quarter of the hat-body will be in position to be operated upon. In this position of the parts, the pad resting upon the hat with the desired pressure, the thumb-nuts 106 upon the slides 95, which carry guides S5, are tightened up to lock the parts in position.

It will of course be understood that there is another adjustment of the pressure of the pouncing-pad upon the hat by means of setscrews 46. This is a special adjustment which may be used at any time, but is not necessarily used in connection with the adjustment of the guides. Forexample, it may be desired to give slightly-increased pressure to apouncing-strip slightly worn, but not sufficiently worn to require a new one.

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back than at the front. In other words, the outline in horizontal section is a true oval For this reason I provide a special pair of guides for the front and a special pair for the back. If, however, the outline of the crown was an ellipse rather than an oval, guides S5 might be dispensed with and guides Set caused to travel twice as fast as at present, as by means of a double cam-groove in a disk similar to disks 112, so that at the second quarter of the hat-body the bar in passing from guides S6, instead of passing on to a special pair of guides S5,would pass on to guides 8J: again, and the pouncing of the front of the hat would be accomplished by said guides 84.

Again, suppose a style of hat in which the outline at the sides and quarters was the same as at the front and back. In this style of hat guides S6 might be dispensed with and the entire hat pounced byguides S4 and 85. Hats of the two styles last referred to are seldom brought out and have not been a success. I therefore provide the machine with three pairs of guides, whichv enable me to pounce all styles of hats perfectly and with an even pressure upon all portions of the crown of the hat and without the use of a block in stiff hats.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a machine of the character described the combination with means for holding and rotating a hat-body, of a reciprocating pouncing-pad, a bar by which the pouncing-pad is carried means for moving said bar and pairs of reciprocating guides upon which the -bar rests alternately, said pairs of guides being` respectively curved to correspond with the contour of dierent portions of a hat-crown, substantially as described.

2. The combination with means for holding and rotatin ga hat-bod y, of a reciprocating pouncing-pad, a bar by which the pouncingpad is carried, arms by which said bar is carried, means for moving said arms in an are of a circle, pairs of reciprocating guides respectively curved to correspond with the contour of different portions of a hat-crown and springs acting to hold the bar in contact with one of the pairs of guides as the bar is carried upward over the hat-crown by the arms.

3. The combination with means for holding and rotating a hat-body, a reciprocating pouncing-pad and a bar by which the pou ncing-pad is carried, of pairs of reciprocating guides upon which the bar rests alternately, studs 17 and 20, arms 2Jc journaledon said studs, gear-wheels 21 also journaled respectively on said studs and provided on their faces with clutch members and spring-actuated latches carried by the arms and adapted to engage the clutch members so that rotary motion of the gearwheels is communicated to arms 24 and the bar and the reciprocating guides are swung upward over the hat-crown.

4. The combination with means for holding and rotating a hat-body, a reciprocating pouncing-pad and a bar by which the pouncing-pad is carried, of pairs of reciprocating guides upon which the bar rests alternately, studs 17 and 20, arms 24 journaled respectively on said studs, gear-wheels 21 having clutch members 22, latches 27 carried by the arms and engaging the clutch members and levers 2S by which the latches are disconnected so that the arms, bar and pouncingpad may be returned to their normal positions after the pouncing operation is completed.

5. The combination with means for holding and rotating a hat-body, a reciprocating pouncing-pad and a bar by which the pouncing-'pad is carried, and which is provided with grooves 90, of pairs of reciprocating guides upon which the bar rests alternately and which engage the grooves to prevent lateral movement of the bar, arms 2a by which the bar is carried and mechanism for swinging` said arms and bar so that the pouncing-pad will pass over a hat-crown.

6. The combination with means for holding and rotating a hat-body, a pouncing-pad and a bar by which the pouncing-pad is carried, of arms 24 by which the-bar is carried, pairs 'of reciprocating guides respectively curved to correspond with the contour of different portions of a hat-crown, mechanism for swinging said arms and bar upward over a hat-crown and mechanism for reciprocating the pad as it is carried over the crown.

7. The combination with a main shaft, a belt-pulley loose thereon, a clutch by which said belt-pulley and shaft are connected, operating-lever and mechanismintermediate said lever and the clutch whereby the members of the clutch are engaged and disengaged and are locked in the position in which they are placed by movement of the operatinglever, of means for holding and rotating a hat-body, a reciprocating pouncing-pad, a moving bar by which the pouncing-pad is carried and pairs of reciprocating guides upon which the bar rests alternately, said operating-lever being engaged by the bar at the completion of the pouncing operation to disengage the clutch members and stop the machine.

S. The combination with means for holding and rotating a hat-body, a pouncing-pad, a bar by which said pad is carried pairs of reciprocating guides on which the bar rests alternately and mechanism for swinging said bar over the hat-body and for reciprocating the pouncing-pad, of driving mechanism, stopping and starting mechanism and an operating-lever located to be moved in one direction to start the machine and to be engaged by the bar and moved in the lopposite direction to stop the machine at the end of the po un ein g operation.

9. The combination with means for holding and rotating a hat-body, a reciprocating pouncing-pad and a moving'bar by which the pouncing-pad is carried, of pairs of recipro- IOO IIO

eating guides respectively curved to correspend with the contour of dierent portions of a hat-crown, slides 87 by which the guides are carried and means for adjusting said slides and guides simultaneously to diltercnt sizes of the same style of hat.

10. The combination with means ior holding and rotating a hat-body, a reciprocating pouncing-pad and a moving' bar by which the pouncing-pad is carried, of pairs of reciprocating guides respectively curved to correspond with the contour of different portions of a hat-crown, slides 87 by which the guides are carried, a bar by which said slides are connected, a stump 93 and an adjustingscrew whose thread engages the bar and which turns freely in the stump whereby adjustment. to dierent sizes of hats is effected.

11. The combination with means for holding and rotating a hat-bod y, a reciprocating pouncing-pad and a moving bar by which the pouncing-pad is carried, of guides respectively curved to correspond with the contour of dierent portions of a hat-crown, slides 95 to which the guides are detachably secured, connecting-rods 104: by which the slides are reciprocated and adjustable connections between said connecting-rods and said slides whereby the slides and'guides may be adjusted in changing from one style of hat to another.

12. The combination with means for holding and rotating a hat-body, a reciprocating pouncing-pad and a moving bar by which the pouneing-pad is carried, of guides respectively curved to correspond with the contour of different portions of abat-crown, slides 95 to which the guides are detacliably secured and which are provided with ways 100, connecting-rods 104 having eyes 105, bolts 102 whose heads engage the ways, sleeves 103 on the bolts which are engaged by the eyes and thumb-nuts whereby the parts are locked together so that the slides may be adjusted in changing styles` of hats.

13. The combination with means for holding and rotating a hat-body, a reciprocating pouncing-pad and a moving bar by which the pouncing-pad is carried, of guides respectively curved to correspond with the contour of diierent portions of a hat-crown and provided with bases 96 and lugs 9 7, slides 95 having sockets 98 to receive said lugs and bases and set-screws by which the guides are locked in position and mechanism for reciprocating said slides.

le. The combination with means for holding and rotating a hat-body, of a reciprocating pouncing-pad, a moving bar by which the pouncing-pad is carried, pairs of guides 84: and S5 upon which the bar rests alternately, said pairs of guides being respectively curved to correspond with the contour of different portions of a hat-crown, and mechanism for reciprocating' said guides once during each rotation of a hat-body.

15. The combination with means for holding and rotating a hat-body, of a reciprocating pouneing-parha moving bar by which the pouncing-pad is carried, pairs of guides 84, 85 and 86 upon which the bar rests alternately, said guides Si being curved to correspond with the contour of the back of a hat-body, said guides S5 being curved to correspond with the front oi a hat-body and said guides being curved to correspond with the sides of a hat-body, and mechanism for reciprocating guides S4: and S5 once during each rotation of the hat-body and for reci procating` said guides 86 four times during each rotation of a hat-body.

16. The combination with means for holding and rotating a hat-body, of a reciprocating pouncing-pad, a bar by which the pouncing-pad is carried, pairs ot' guides upon which the bar rests, said guides being curved respectively to correspond with the contour of different portions of a hat-crown, mechanism for reciprocating the guides and mechanism for swinging the bar upward and over the crown of a hat-body while said hat-body is making a certain predetermined number ci' rotations.

17. The combination with means for holding and rotating a hat-body, of a moving bar 29 provided with ways 30, pairs of reciprocating guides upon which the bar rests alternately, said pairs of guides being respectively curved to correspond with the contour of different portions of a hat-body, a pouncing-- pad and a carrier therefor which reciprocates in said Ways.r rod 51 connected to said carrier and means for reciprocating said rod independently of the movement of the bar.

18. The combination with bar 29 having ways 30, pairs of reciprocating guides upon which said bar rests alternately, means for swinging the bar upward over the crown of a hat-body while resting on the guides and a reciprocating rod 51, of a carrier B which is ICO reciprocated in said ways by said rod and a pouncing-pad moving with the carrier.

19. The combination with bar 29 having ways 30, pairs of reciprocating guides upon which said bar rests alternately, means for swinging the bar upward over the crown of a hat-body While resting on the guides, a carrier B and means for reciprocating said carrier in the ways, of a pouncing-pad, a holder therefor which lies in the carrier, springs intermediate said carrier and said holder and IZO a set-screw whereby the pressure of the pouncing-pad in use may be regulated.

20. The combination with bar 29 havingho1der whereby the pressure of the pounongl sockets 44, springs in said sockets which bear pad in use may be regulated.

2l. The combination Wit-l1 bar 29 lnwing Ways 30, pairs of reciprocating' guides upon which said bar rests alternately, means for sw nging the bar upward over the crown of a. hatt-body While resting on the guides, a catrrier B having means to reciprocate it in said ways and having flanges 43 mld zt cross-piece 47, of a. pounoing-pad, a holder thereforwhieh lies Within the carrier and is provided with upon the flanges and a set-screw engaging the cross-piece and bearing upon the holder als and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I a-fx my signature iu presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES M. SNELL. lVtnesses A. M. WoosTER, S. V. RIoHARDsoN. 

